NOFA NJ Workshop: Poultry Processing with Hard Cider Homestead

June 03, 2023 

10 AM - 12:30 PM 

Hard Cider Homestead Farm, 171 Cider Mill Road, Ringoes, New Jersey 08551 

Each participant has the option of experiencing the steps necessary to take a living mature meat chicken, into a processed, ready-to-eat product. 

What You Can Expect:  

• Meet like-minded people that want a better understanding on where their food comes from and how to turn a living animal into a food product. 
• Establish contacts with local individuals that can broaden your network of human resources in the food and agriculture community.  
• Gain a better understanding of what is entailed in bringing a one-day old chick into a mature meat bird. 
• Become introduced to the necessary equipment to process any type of feathered animal. 
• Watch the step-by-step skills used to safely and humanely turn a living chicken into a food product. 
• Participate in each of the steps involved in processing you own meat bird, while being assisted by trained professionals in the poultry processing industry. 
• Return home with your own processed meat bird, having gained an intimate knowledge of what is required in order to process your own meat birds. 

Cost: $65.00 per person

For more information, contact NOFA NJ at nofainfo@nofanj.org